September 18, 2008 / Front Page

Two 18-wheelers collided on Highway 84 just east of Whatley shortly before midnight Tuesday. The wreck happened in the low-lying stretch just east of Bassetts Creek and fog may have been a factor. More...

Clarke County Sheriff's Investigator Ron Baggette said there has been a rash of stealing old vehicles for their scrap metal value lately. Three were stolen last Thursday and Friday and one was stolen Monday, Baggette said. More...

Fulton residents are urged not to use the private dumpster located near the fuel pumps at Scotch Lumber Company. People have been disposing of rubbish and other trash by just dropping it off near the dumpster. More...

In a stunning announcement last week, the Department of Defense (DoD) notified Congress and the two competing contractors, Northrop Grumman and Boeing, that it was terminating the U.S. Air Force tanker replacement competition. More...

Spitsbergen is just a spit of land sticking out of the Arctic Ocean and located above the Arctic Circle. This small island is part of an archipelago north of Norway and east of Greenland. There are two reasons for my interest in this island. More...

Henrietta Fox, 86, of Jackson died Sept. 11, 2008 at her residence. She was born Feb. 13, 1922. She was a member of the New St. Matthew Missionary Baptist Church in the Lily Valley community of Jackson. More...

Andrew Lamar Counselman Jr., 69, of Jackson died Sept. 13, 2008 at an area hospital in Clarke County. He was born Sept. 27, 1938. He was a member of Stave Creek Baptist Church of Jackson. He was a supervisor for Vanity Fair. More...

GROVE HILL—The 93rd meeting between the Clarke County Bulldogs and Jackson Aggies didn't disappoint the 4,000 plus fans in attendance, except for the home crowd as the Bulldogs lost 13-6 in a close defensive struggle. More...

Dr. and Mrs. Norman Stevens III of Jackson announce the engagement and forth-coming marriage of their daughter, Sarah Grace, to Adam Kenyon Rice, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gary Rice of Thomasville. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Dr. More...

The Epilepsy Foundation of Alabama is seeking individuals who either walked through the Bankhead Tunnel in Mobile when it opened and individuals who want to take advantage of this once in a lifetime opportunity to walk through the Bankhead Tunnel. More...

The 2008-2009 school year is off to a great start. Our students are settled in their classes, routines and procedures have been established and their educational adventure has begun. GHES welcomed several new faculty and staff members: Mrs. More...

Students in Mrs. Andrea Carpenter's Fourth Grade class enjoyed learning about the first Alabamians from Mr. John Richburg. He shared his lifetime collection of arrowheads, spear points, scrapers, and pottery fragments. More...